bresta.
to burst, to break
Meaning & usage
to burst, to break
Það er bara tímaspursmál hvenær stíflan brestur.
to cause to lack (to cause to experience a shortcoming of) [with preceding accusative ‘experiencer’ and following accusative ‘thing lacking’] (idiomatically translated as “lack”, with the accusative object as the logical subject)
Drottinn er minn hirðir, mig mun ekkert bresta.
Mig brestur kjark til að bjóða henni út.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse bresta, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”). Cognate with Faroese bresta, Swedish brista, English burst, German bersten, and Dutch barsten.
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